Bandolier cartridge-pouch.



' J. 1. DOIDGE.

BANDOLIER CARTRIDGE POUCH.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLY21. I915.

1,259,491 Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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ATTORNEY.

3.1. DOIDGE.

BANDDLIER CARTRIDGE POUCH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2!. 1915.

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1,259,491. I Patented Mar.19,1918.

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ATTORNEY.

UNETE STATE PATENT @FFEQE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

BANDOLIER CARTRIDGE-POUCH.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed July 21, 1915. Serial No. 41,182.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Jornv J. Doreen, a British subject, residing 1n Frammgham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have inventednew anduseful Improvements in Bandolier Cartridge- Pouches.

My invention relates to the type of cartridge pouch known as the bandolier, which consist in a general way of a broad belt or strap designed to be worn over the shoulder, and having small pouches attached atmtervals as receptacles for ammunition. These pouches are small pockets preferably of leather divided longitudinally 1nto two compartments by a flap or tongue, and provided with a flap which may be folded over the top of the pocket and buttoned down onto the front. My invention relates more particularly to the construction of these pouches or pockets, and to the method of forming the same and attachmg them to th belt or strap.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved construction and to provide a simple, quick, cheap, and eifectlve method of forming and assembling such pockets, and of transferring and attaching them to the broad belt hereinbefore mentioned.

It has the further object of enabling these pocketsto be made up separately and transferred without danger of losing their shape or proper relation to each other to an as scmbling form receiving any desired number of pockets, on which they may be attached to the belt.

It has the further object of so rivet ng the pockets together that any force tending to pull them from the belt will cause a minimum stress in the leather.

I achieve these objects by buildingup the pockets on a form, hereinafter descrlbed as the pocket form, using means to substantially fasten the pocket together so that it will retain its shape, and later transferring the built up pocket to an assembling form on which any desired number of pockets may be placed and connected to the belt. The process is described in greater detail below.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals or letters refer to like parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 represents the tongue of the pocket attached to the pocket form.

Fig. 2 shows the pocket blank with rivets inserted being folded around the pocket form.

Fig. 3 shows the completed pocket before removal from the pocket form.

Fig. 4 shows a so-called five point assembling form for receiving five completed pockets for attachment to the belt, with a section thereof on the line X-X.

Fig. 5 shows the form of the pocket blank.

Fig. 6 the form of the blank for the tongue.

Fig. 7 a five point assembling form with four pockets attached, and illustrates the process of attaching them to the belt in different stages, and.

Fig. 8 a perspective of a single pouch detached.

The method of forming the pockets and attaching them to the belt is as follows: The pockets 21 and tongue blanks 22 (Figs. 5 and 6) are cut to shape, and the rivet holes punched in the locations shown. Rivets a and b are inserted in holes 1 and 2 of the tongue blank 22 and the large end of the latter slipped under the clip spring 15 of the pocket form 16, the heads of the rivets a and b resting on the shelf 14. The small end of the tongue maybe held back under the form by another similar clip spring (not shown). Rivets c'and (Z are now inserted in holes 3 and 4 of the pocket blank 21, and the blank folded around the form 16, passing the rivets a and 6 through holes 10 and 11. (Fig. 2). Next the flap of the pocket blank 21 is folded over the top of the form, passing rivets a, b, c, and (Z, through holes, 5, 6, 7, and 8 respectively, and catching the button hole 9 on the pin 17. This pulls the pocket closely around the form, as shown in Fig. 3. Burs or washers 18 are placed over the rivets a, b, c, and (Z, and forced down the tapered shank of the rivets firmly against the leather.

This operation serves to clamp the pocket rigidly together, so that it may be removed from the pocket form and transferred to the assembling form without in any way affectingits shape or size.

Pockets are made up separately on the pocket form 16 and then. transferred to the assembling form 19; one pocket being placed on each point of the latter. In Fig. 7 the process of attaching the pockets to the belt is shown in successive steps. At the left is shown an empty point of the form. Next to the right is a pocket drawn onto point with the button hole 9 caught of the form,

Next in order comes a on the pin 20.

pocket over which the previously formed and punchedbelt 24 has been placed, with the rivets a, b, 0, and cl, projecting through the holes in the'belt. Finally are shown two pockets completely attached to the belt except for the upsetting of the rivets. Here is 7 the pocket firmly to the belt, and to resist any force tending to separate them. The use of these two sets of bursgreatly increases the strcngth of the assembled bandolier, besides materially assisting in the construction.

coptel'of this patent may be obtained. for

It is, of course, not necessary that the blanks-or forms should be of the exact many modifications shape described, and

from my may be made without departing invention.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim and Patent is:

In a bandolier cartridge pouch; pockets formed by folding a suitably shaped blank, the same being secured in shape by rivets passing through the back of the pockets and by burs or washers forced down over the shanks of the rivets; a ing the pocket longitudinally into two compartments and secured on the inside of the pocket by rivets; and-a connection otthe pockets to the shoulder strap or belt'of the V bandolier by passing the above mentioned rivets through holes in the belt and securing them on the other side by a second set of burs or washers and the heading of the rivets. 7

JOHN J. DOIDGE.

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desire to secure by Letters 7 flap or tongue divid- 

